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The character of Antigone in Sophocles’ play, Antigone, is one of the most controversial tragic characters in classic literature. The war in her city has torn her family apart, caused the death of both her brothers, and created a reason for her to fight against the King, her uncle. Her uncle, Creon, makes a ruling that her brother, Polynices, is not to be buried because he is a traitor, but according to her religion, her brother’s soul will not go to the afterlife until he is buried. In defense of her brother, she buries his body illegally and is subsequently sentenced to death. With her complex patterns of thought, bold actions, and the end she encounters, the character of Antigone causes debate among critics as to

A Tale of Two Cities, Romeo and Juliet. Names such as these bring to mind both plays and pieces of literature that are considered by many to be timeless classics. Perhaps the reason these stories are so popular is not just because they are well written. People are also able to relate to the characters who are often entangled in one of the many complexities within a given society. Authors such as Shakespeare or Charles Dickens are able to discuss some of the issues and problems that face people within society. The answers to the these issues are often left unclear. Providing the audience a chance to ponder these questions and decide for themselves if a certain view is right, wrong, or somewhere in between.

Sophocles was conceived in Colunus, Greece. He passed on a mid 406 B.C. Sophocles is the child of Sophilus, an affluent part of a little group. He had a noticeably anxious life. Sophocles experienced childhood in the town of Colonus, just outside Athens, which was the setting of his disaster Oedipus at Colonus. Sophocles was a minister of Halon and helped present the faction of Asclepius, lord of medication, to Athens. He was regarded post mortem as a saint. His father, Sophillus, thought to have been an affluent aristocrat, sent his child to Athens for an instruction. Sophocles was the second of the 3 greatest Greek writers of tragedy (with Aeschylus and Euripides). He is known best for what he wrote about Oedipus, the mythological figure who proved central to Freud and the history of psychoanalysis. He lived through most of the 5th century, experiencing the Age of Pericles and the Peloponnesian War. He had a first marriage with Nicostrata, by whom he turned into the father of Iophon. Sometime down the road he had an association with a certain Theoris, a lady of Sicyon. He additionally had a child called Ariston. Other three children are specified by name, albeit nothing is thought about them. Some additionally said that in amazing maturity, Sophocles became hopelessly enamored with the mistress Archippe, whom he made beneficiary of his property. This is ruined by the way that Athenian laws were against excluding at age

“Um…” I opened the thick envelope. There was a sheet of notebook paper folded, I unfolded it and gasped. The note that I had written and stuffed inside of one of my books when I was twelve years old fluttered to the

Art has the power to reach people across space and time. Although artists primarily use creative media to disseminate their ideas and emotions to a contemporary audience, great art has the ability to reach whoever appreciates it no matter their origin. In Antigone, Sophocles does this by creating a fictionalized Thebes in which he reflects upon the politics, religion, and societal norms of his own world. He creates a ruler, Creon, whose tyrannical actions serve to promote the merits of democracy and criticize the contemporary government. He also creates a protagonist, Antigone, who challenges the validity of the social structure while upholding ancient traditions. This social commentary allows Sophocles to connect with his both the

   Michael J. O’Brien in the Introduction to Twentieth Century Interpretations of Oedipus Rex, maintains that there is “a good deal of evidence to support this view” that the fifth century playwright was the “educator of his people” and a “teacher” (4). Sophocles in his tragedy Antigone teaches about “morally desirable attitudes and behavior,” (4) and uses a woman as heroine and another woman in a supporting role to do most of the instructing of the audience in this regard. This essay will explore the role of women in the drama, the attitude toward women therein, the involvement of women in plot development, and other aspects of women in Antigone.

Would you sacrifice your own life for something you believed in? It’s easy to say yes but few would actually carry it out. However, when Antigone felt as though she was treated unfairly, she would not stand for it and instead refused to change her actions, resulting in her own death and the death of others in the play. In Sophocles’ Antigone, Antigone proves herself to be a feminist by pushing the boundaries of equality, challenging the word of men, and contradicting what was expected of her as a woman regardless of the consequences.

Yet strangely, as clearly as I can remember the day it formed in my mind, I can recall the day it began to crumble, the summer before eighth grade. My mother received an unexpected phone call from her estranged father. The two hadn’t talked for twenty years, but he wasn’t calling simply to catch up; he was dying.

Il Grande Sogno, otherwise known as the big dream, is a complex story of love. It just happens to be during a time of political turmoil, when the student protests in the 1960s were happening. In 1968 many students led occupations occurred in the University of Rome. In similar fashion, the movement raised in several Eastern Bloc countries following World War II. The goals of the student movement were that of social reform; such as anti-capitalism, anti-imperialism, anti-racism, civil and political rights, environmentalism, feminism, and liberalization. To put this in another way, the student movement was an embrace of the New Left wing political party. On March 1, 1968, the right-wing and left-wing students stood together at Rome University.

Sophya has below average to average fine motor skills depending on the activity she is doing. For example when coming to writing her name she has trouble. To help her learn I would suggest to have her take her name tag off so she can see it, then while holding the pencil have her put her hand on top of yours, and ask what each letter is, then write it. Another way you could have her practice writing her name is by drawling dashes of lines of the letters in her name and have her trace it. She is right handed, and hand grip has an alternate grip. While coloring she will stay in the lines. She is able to cut, with some help. I would hold the paper where she is able cut the paper and will be able to cut it. When it comes to being average in her

ANTIGONE (fr. Antigone, it. Antigone) - Alcmene Sophocles "Antigone" (set, apparently, was to continue in 442 BC. E.), The daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta. After the death in combat of his brothers Eteocles and Polynices, every one of which was the Theban king and won with the city befitting funeral and the other wanting to challenge the machine, led to Thebes Argos army and remained apart after the death burial on orders inherited the throne of Creon, brother-Oedipus, A. decides on defying mania lord, to honor the dead brother 's funeral and divided intent with his sister Ismenio. That is not in a position to violate the ban, fearing the promised punishment. (In addition, there is this contrast between the two sisters to some extent prompted eksodom Aeschylus ' Seven vpererez Thebes. "A. and there is a refusal to ban uhoranivat brother and two sisters at odds with the two-poluhoriya of accompanying A. - trupakov Polynices and Yemen - the body of Eteocles.) Rite is perfect, and unhappy Creon orders the guards to find the culprit. Soon Wotan of them leads, A., and she did not deny the crime. DEBATE between the ruler (uttering a lot of fair, but I was wrong in the main) and A. - every one the most intense scenes in the Greek tragedy. On phrases Creon, confident that the feud persists after death, A. meets his famous remark: "In my nature - to dismember love, not hatred.", who did not want to cut the risk of A.,

It was ten thirty at night. I was writing this letter for probably the tenth time, when my bedroom door opened. Startled, I quickly closed my blue binder. There stood one of my mothers, reminding me that it was time for me to get ready for bed. I took deep breaths to attempt to calm down, brushed my teeth, and said goodnight. Then went back to my bedroom, back to my blue binder. I tried to keep my handwriting legible as I wrote these words to my moms, these words that I couldn’t say out loud to anyone. These words that scared the hell out of me.

My dad walks out of the room, eyes red from crying. He sits on the couch and waits for my other family to sit before he says the news. He sadly says to my brother and I, “Robert”, me moves his eyes over to me and says, “Shyanne, your mother has passed away…”

The largely neglected Sophoclean play of Antigone has been relaunched into contemporary critical discussion, this is largely through the emergence of the feminism movement and the critical theory resulting from it in the late 19th and early 20th century. The feminist movement is defined as “The advocacy of women's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes.” Feminist centred reception of the text has often labelled Antigone as a feminist icon, the use of the word feminist is ambiguous. This I because of differing views amongst the three “waves” as to the aims of feminism. However, feminist icons can be loosely defined as “rule-breakers who followed their own paths, who were determined to experience love, achievement…. and who

The day we went to go get our new birth certificate, we had gone out to celebrate that we are going to start a new beginning of our new life. In these past 4 years, my dad had come